Last updated: 23 April 2024
McDonell-Nadeau Websites use cookies, in combination with local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies” unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of McDonell-Nadeau Websites. This helps us provide you with a good experience, improve our service, and to personalize content to you while you use McDonell-Nadeau Websites.
This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) describes the types of cookies we use on McDonell-Nadeau Websites/Services and our purposes for using them.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, or if you would like a detailed list of the cookies that we currently use within McDonell-Nadeau Websites, please contact us. For more information about our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy here.
You consent to placement of cookies on your browser by us and our third-party service providers. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully for details about why we use cookies and the information they collect from and about you.
If you do not wish to accept cookies relating to your use of McDonell-Nadeau Websites, you will need to delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this. Please note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of McDonell-Nadeau Websites and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on McDonell-Nadeau Websites.
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
FIRST AND THIRD-PARTY COOKIES Whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the domain placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time. Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.
PERSISTENT COOKIES These cookies remain on a user’s device for the period specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that cookie.
SESSION COOKIES These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted. For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies here.
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of the McDonell-Nadeau Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the McDonell-Nadeau Services.
The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
LOGIN RELATED COOKIES We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
SESSION COOKIES We use session cookies to ensure that the correct content is sent to your browser as you navigate through our websites.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google’s Privacy Policy and the Google Analytics Help pages.
Hopefully that has clarified things for you. As was mentioned previously, if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not, it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. If you are still looking for more information, then please contact us through one of our preferred contact methods below.